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Dear Mom and Dad,
I've been trying to find the words to express how I feel right now and nothing seems to be adaquate. So I'll just say it plainly; I love you mom and dad. You are two of my best friends and I can't imagine how my life would have turned out without you there every step of the way. It's been a hard year filled with stress beyond belief, but you have eased my burdens and helped me get through it. There's still things that I'm working through but I know that you will always have my back. I love you both so much, I know I don't tell you enough but you really mean the world to me. Thank you.
Your Little Girl,
Julie

Thoughts

Today in class we were listing things that we are good at, mine were things like piano, reading, ect. then one girl in my class said procrastination...it was then I realized that I too am very good at procrastinating. I always think "I'll do it tomorrow" or "it's not due for a couple of weeks" but then tomorrow never comes and those couple weeks turn into the next day. I also tend not to do my readings, because I procrastinate I am always scrambling to do assignments the night before so I don't get a chance to do my readings. Maybe if I actually stayed on top of these things then I wouldn't be so stressed. So I have decided to do all my assignments ahead of time, then I could do my readings and maybe my marks would imporve. So since it's on the web for the whole world to see I figure I now have more accountability.

In other news I went to institute last night :) It's amazing how your day instantly improves after attending institute. I had the worst day and institute turned it all around.We talked about the Priesthood and although I'm a women and cannot hold the Priesthood directly I still find it so interesting. I find it amazing how men have the ability to bless and recieve a direct link to Heavenly Father, they can say things that are so profound and can say things to help you in your personal life that they don't even know your struggling with. I find it pretty fantastic. I am so grateful that I grew up in a home where the Priesthood was always present, even now it's weird not having it in my house, I mean my dad is only twenty minutes away but still it's not the same. But I know if he ever needed me he would gladly come into town. and I'm sure when my brothers are old enough to give blessings they would do the same thing.


PS: My feet are healing! They still look gross still but they don't hurt at all. Except when children decide to play a game of 'step on Julie's feet because she yelps in pain when we do'.

Dad

Today I am grateful for my dad, not only is a worthy priesthood holder he is also an awesome guy. Today I got the car stuck and in desperation I texted him asking if he could help me get it un-stuck :P. Not even fifteen minutes later he was there revving it in reverse, then drive, then reverse, then drive…you get the idea. It took a while and some time on the curb, there were a few times that I was afraid that he would scratch the car or Kim’s car but he didn’t, he knew exactly what to do and he got it out. I’m glad that I have him to rely on, and that when stuff like this happens I can call him :)

Yay for Dads!!

So you know how I bought a car a couple weeks ago?? well after driving it twice it went into the garage for 'simple' surgery or so we thought...turns out we had to replace something that took hours of my dad's time. It literally took him at least 3 or 4 full days to fix it but today I'm happy to say that it is fully operational!!! AND it didn't cost me a fortune because I have dad that can fix cars. I'm grateful that he did that for me and even helped to pay for some of the surgery, it's a good day :)